Frontiers of topological quantum matter

1 May 2017, 09:00 → 5 May 2017, 18:00 Europe/Stockholm

Geovetenskapens hus, Frescati campus, Stockholm University

Annica Black-Schaffer, Emil Bergholtz, Jens H Bardarson

Venue

Nordita, Stockholm, Sweden

Scope

The major focus of the conference will be on Weyl semimetals. Additional topics include: effects of interactions and fractional topological phases, interplay of topology and superconductivity, Majorana fermions, and driven states such as Floquet topological insulators.

[Timetable - available from start of the conference]

Format

There will be several longer keynote talks covering the main subjects, in addition to shorter focussed talks and ample time for discussions.

Keynote speakers

Carlo Beenakker, Leiden University Andrei Bernevig, Princeton University Xie Chen, Caltech Claudia Felser, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids

Zahid Hasan, Princeton University Maria Hermanns, University of Cologne Roni Ilan, Tel Aviv University Mark Rudner, University of Copenhagen Frank Wilczek, MIT, SU, ASU, Zhejiang

Invited speakers

Alexander Balatsky, Nordita Piet Brouwer, FU Berlin Jan Carl Budich, University of Gothenburg Jennifer Cano, Princeton University Lars Fritz, Universiteit Utrecht Mark Oliver Goerbig, Université Paris-Sud Adolfo Grushin, UC Berkeley and Neel Institute Grenoble Timo Hyart, University of Jyväskylä

Johannes Knolle, University of Cambridge Yi Li, Johns Hopkins University Cristiane Morais Smith, University of Utrecht Teemu Ojanen, Aalto University Masaki Oshikawa, University of Tokyo Leslie Schoop, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research Steve Simon, Oxford University

Application

If you want to apply for participation in the conference, please fill in the application form. You will be informed by the organizers shortly after the application deadline whether your application has been approved. Due to space restrictions, the total number of participants is strictly limited. (Invited speakers are of course automatically approved, but need to register anyway.)

There will be a Poster session during the workshop where participants can present their work

Application deadline: March 15, 2017.

There is no registration fee.

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Monday 1 May

08:30 → 09:30 Registration

09:30 → 09:45 Introduction

09:45 → 10:35 Kitaev spin liquids – from topological order to material synthesis

Speaker: Maria Hermanns

10:35 → 11:20 Coffee and discussions

11:20 → 11:50 Topological Superconductivity in Strontium Ruthenate: the Experimental Evidence, and Where Uncertainty Remains

Speaker: Steve Simon

11:50 → 14:00 Lunch and discussions

14:00 → 14:50 Berry Phases of Berry Phases

Speaker: Andrei Bernevig

14:50 → 15:30 Coffee and discussions

15:30 → 16:00 Fingerprints of Topology on Dynamical Quantum Phase Transitions

Speaker: Jan Carl Budich

16:00 → 16:30 Monopole harmonic superconductivity in doped Weyl Semimetals

Speaker: Yi Li

16:30 → 17:30 Discussions

Tuesday 2 May

09:00 → 09:50 Superconductivity provides access to the chiral magnetic effect of an unpaired Weyl cone

Speaker: Carlo Beenakker

09:50 → 10:40 Coffee and discussions

10:40 → 11:10 Quantized circular photogalvanic effect in Weyl semimetals

Speaker: Adolfo Grushin

11:10 → 11:40 Strategies for discovering new topological semimetals

Speaker: Leslie Schoop

11:40 → 14:00 Lunch and discussions

14:00 → 14:50 Inhomogeneous Weyl semimetals

Speaker: Roni Ilan

14:50 → 15:30 Coffee and discussions

15:30 → 16:00 Reflection-symmetric second-order topological insulators and superconductors

Speaker: Piet Brouwer

16:00 → 16:30 Designer curved-space geometry for relativistic fermions in Weyl metamaterials

Speaker: Teemu Ojanen

Slides Ojanen_MetaWeylStockholm.pdf

16:30 → 17:00 Discussions

17:00 → 19:00 Poster session

Poster presentations Posters.pdf

Wednesday 3 May

09:00 → 09:50 New results on Topological Insulators, Weyl Semimetals and Nodal-line Semimetals

Speaker: Zahid Hasan

09:50 → 10:40 Coffee and discussions

10:40 → 11:10 Dirac Materials and Magnetism

Speaker: Alexander Balatsky

11:10 → 11:40 Topological quantum chemistry

Speaker: Jennifer Cano

11:40 → 14:00 Lunch and discussions

14:00 → 18:00 Excursion and conference dinner

Thursday 4 May

09:00 → 09:50 Topology, non-collinear spin structures and Skyrmions in Heusler compounds

Speaker: Claudia Felser

Slides Nordita_Felser.pdf

09:50 → 10:40 Coffee and discussions

10:40 → 11:10 Topologically nontrivial high-Tc superconducting phases in iridates and oxide heterostructures with strong spin-orbit coupling

Speaker: Timo Hyart

11:10 → 11:40 Tilted Weyl cones with interaction and disorder

Speaker: Lars Fritz

11:40 → 14:00 Lunch and discussions

14:00 → 14:50 Universal quasi-steady states in periodically driven many-body systems

Speaker: Mark Rudner

14:50 → 15:30 Coffee and discussions

15:30 → 16:00 The anomalous de Haas-van Alphen effect and Excitons in a topological Kondo insulator

Speaker: Johannes Knolle

16:00 → 16:30 TBA

Speaker: Masaki Oshikawa

16:30 → 17:00 Discussions

17:00 → 19:00 Poster session

Friday 5 May

09:00 → 09:50 Fracton topological order via coupled layers

Speaker: Xie Chen

09:50 → 10:40 Coffee and discussions

10:40 → 11:10 Signatures of Relativistic Covariance in 3D Weyl Semimetals

Speaker: Mark Oliver Goerbig

Slides Goerbig_NorditaWeyl0517.pdf

11:10 → 11:40 Universalities of thermodynamic signatures in topological phases

Speaker: Cristiane Morais Smith

11:40 → 14:30 Lunch and discussions